Varaha Purana 20.1: Adhyaya 20, Shloka 1
The Birth of the Aśvins: Solar Lineage, Saṃjñā and Chāyā, and the Granting of a Hymn and Boons
प्रजापाल उवाच । एवमग्नेः समुत्पत्तिर्जाता ब्रह्मन् महात्मनः । प्राणापानौ कथं देवावश्विनौ सम्बभूवतुः ॥ २०.१ ॥
prajāpāla uvāca | evam agneḥ samutpattir jātā brahman mahātmanaḥ | prāṇāpānau kathaṃ devāv aśvinau sambabhūvatuḥ || 20.1 ||
പ്രജാപാലൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മണാ! ഇങ്ങനെ ആ മഹാത്മാവിൽ നിന്ന് അഗ്നിയുടെ ഉത്ഭവം വിവരിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. എന്നാൽ ആ രണ്ടു ദേവന്മാരായ അശ്വിനികൾ പ്രാണ-അപാന രൂപത്തിൽ എങ്ങനെ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു?
Prajāpāla
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic method of linking cosmology and embodied life by identifying physiological principles (prāṇa/apāna) with well-known Vedic deities (the Aśvins), reflecting an early synthesis of ritual-mythic and proto-physiological discourse.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is on cosmogony and the identification of vital functions with deities.
No direct ethical injunction is stated here; the verse primarily advances a philosophical inquiry into origins and correspondences between cosmic deities and vital functions.
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